Web browsers and Cloudflare team up to authenticate human traffic to combat the growing malicious bot hordes and keep…
- Cloudflare and web browsers to develop new internet protocol
- PACT protocol will help to verify legitimate web access from human and bots
- Users will be given an anonymized "personhood" token to show they have a real reason to access a website
Now that bot traffic on the internet has officially surpassed human HTTP requests, both web browsers and web infrastructure providers agree something needs to be done, especially as AI agents enter the fray.
Today, Cloudflare has announced a joint initiative with Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Microsoft Edge to launch a new internet protocol designed to verify if web access is legitimate or malicious - without intruding on user privacy.
Private Access Control Tokens (PACT) will act as anonymous tokens that verify legitimate access by both humans and authorized agents without the need for user logins or CAPTCHAs that cause friction and harm the browsing experience.
Cloudflare establishes...
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